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What If You're Scared of Querying?

Hello friends, When I was a freshman in high school, I wanted desperately to try out for the cheerleading team. Not in a bid to instantly become popular or anything, contrary to what the teen sitcoms would have you believe, but because I loved, and love, cheerleading. Longtime readers may

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Q&A Thursday: Storytime Edition

Hello friends! I've had a very productive week, and hope you have, too. Even if that productivity was in the nap department or in the ignoring the dishes department. Good job! Now, let's answer some questions. A asks: What is it about rhyming picture books that

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When Should You Stop Querying a Book?

Hi friends, I've been doing a steady stream of events lately and that means I've had the opportunity to talk to a lot of authors, ones at all stages of their careers. In most of the things I do out in the world, as an author

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Q&A Thursday: Community Edition

Hello friends, I'm having a productive week. Huzzah! I'm also making a concerted effort to take it easy in other areas of my life so that the high of productivity doesn't bleed over into everything else and I end up burnt out. Balance! We